Microbiology of acute otitis media in children with tympanostomy tubes: Prevalences of bacteria and viruses

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1417-1422

  Ruohola, Aino ^a   Meurman, Olli ^a   Nikkari, Simo ^c   Skottman, Tuukka ^c   Salmi, Aimo ^b   Waris, Matti ^b   Österback, Riikka ^b   Eerola, Erkki ^b   Allander, Tobias ^d   Niesters, Hubert ^e   Heikkinen, Terho ^a   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Centre for Biothreat Preparedness   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PICORNAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 33751567565     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509332     Document Type: Article

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